(34808) Bocosur Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 19 September 2001 by LONEOS at Anderson Mesa.
BOCOSUR (Bólidos del Cono Sur) is the Uruguayan network of all-sky cameras for fireball detection. The network has over 20 stations installed on the roof of High-Schools covering Uruguay completely. High-schools and teachers contribute to the maintenance and analysis of the data.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 3, #9, 37), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Bocosur is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Bocosur is 3.00 au from the Sun and 3.97 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 34808 |
| Provisional designation | 2001 SY73 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 5.95 km (#9,011 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.125 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.3 |
| Orbital period | 5.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 3.12 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 3.00 – 3.23 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0370 |
| Inclination | 9.99° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.99 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 19 September 2001
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- (34830) Annaquinlan
- (34831) Krithikramesh
- (34836) Ronakroy
- (51983) Honig
- (55320) Busler
- (83464) Irishmccalla
- (148707) Dodelson